Wheel holder or support.



No. 747,101. PATENTED DEC. 15, 1903. W. TERRY. WHEEL HOLDER OR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1903.

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WILLIAM TERRY, OF PEARL CITY, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL HOLDER OR SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,101, dated December 15, 1903.

Application filed $eptember 8, 1903. Serial No. 172,322. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TERRY, residing at Pearl City, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Wheel be easily and readily slipped over the axle to the holder, and vice versa.

The invention primarily seeks to provide a device of this character of a simple and economical construction and which will readily and effectively serve its in tended purposes.

With other objects in view, which will hereinafter be apparent, the invention consists in certain novel construction and combination of parts, all of which will be first described in detail and then specifically pointed outin the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, and in which- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the wagonwheel with my invention in position ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the wheel being removed from the axle onto the holder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4: is a perspective viewof the holder removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view thereof, the parts being separated.

In the drawings, 1 designates the Wagon axle, and 2 the wagon-wheel, all of which may be of any approved construction, as they per 86 form no part of my present invention.

My improved wheel-holder A consists of two main parts a and b, one of which, a, has an elongated horizontally-extending portion or, having loops or guides a to receive the elongated portion b of the other member, b, which is susceptible to adjustment in the loops or guides a The portion a also has a vertitically-extending portion a, having a hook a at its lower end, and the said verticallyextending portion a is disposed at right angles to the elongated portion a, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

a designates a Z-shaped bend in the elongated loop-carrying portion a of the member a to avoid contact between the portion a of the memberaand the elongated portion 19 of the member I) to prevent the binding of the parts. The inner member a is preferably formed of a continuous flat strip, to which the loops may be welded or attached in any desired manner. The member b, however, is preferably constructed of the flat elongated portion b for cooperating with the flat elongated portion 0/ of the member a and adapted for sliding adjustmentin the loops or guides a to shorten or lengthen the support, and the said portion 1) merges with the vertically-disposed portion b preferably circular in crosssection, and the portion 29 merges with the second horizontally-disposed portion 11 also circular in cross-section, and which terminates in a U shaped end member b for fitting over the threaded portion 1 of the axle 1, and the portion 17 is disposed parallel to the portion b and serves as a continuation of the axle 1 when the holder is in position, for a purpose presently explained.

So far as described the operation of my invention can best be explained as follows: The wagon is jacked up out of contact with the ground by any suitable jack J and the nut then removed in the usual manner. The holder is then placed in position with the hook a taking under the inner portion of the axle between the wheel and wagon-body, with the elongated members a b passing between the spokes of the wheel and with the U-shaped end resting on the threaded portion 1 of the axle l and flushed with the smooth or bearing portion 0a of the axle, (see Fig. 3,) the holder being mounted in the vertical plane, as shown. The wheel is, now slipped ofi from the axle 1 onto the portion 6 of the member I), as clearly shown in Fig. 2, to permit of greasing the axle as desired. After the axle has been greased the wheel is again slipped from the portion 1) onto the axle 1 into the position shown in Fig. 1, when the support may be removed and the nut applied in the usual manner.

From the, foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I provideasupport which can be easily and quickly adjusted to its operative position and which will readily and effectively serve its intended purposes.

While I am aware that heretofore Wheelsupports have been provided by means of which a Wheel may be slipped over the axle onto the holder, yet they do not provide a self-supporting holder, as disclosed by my application.

From the foregoing description itis thought the advantages and complete operation of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. -A wheel-holder comprising an L-shaped member formed of a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the latter including an integral hook for engaging the vehicle-axle, the horizontal portion having guide-loops, and a 'U -shaped member, one arm of which is adapted to slidably engage with the guide-loops on the L-shaped member and the other arm thereof having its free end formed to rest upon the axle-spindle end, as set forth.

2. A wheel-holder of the character stated, comprising in combination with the L-shaped member formed of a horizontal portion provided with integral guide-loops and including a laterally-bent portion adjacent the angle thereof, the vertical portion of said L shaped member terminating in a hook for engaging the vehicle-axle, and a U shaped member composed of a flat portion 1) and a round portion at right angles thereto, said round portion being bent at right angles to itself to form a wheel-receiving portion 1) parallel with the flat portion of the said member, said wheel-receiving portion and the vertical portion and the flat portion of the second U-shaped member, all lying in the same vertical plane, the said wheel-receiving portion terminating in a cup-shaped end adapted to fit over the threaded end of the axle-spindle for the purposes specified.

3. A holder comprising in combination with an L-shaped member a, having a horizontal portion a and a vertical portion terminating in a hook, said horizontal portion at having integral loops or guides, of a U-shaped member composed of a fiat portion 1), and a round portion at right angles thereto, said round portion being bent at right angles to itself to form a wheelreceiving portion 11 parallel with the flat portion of the member said wheel-receiving portion, said vertical portion and said flat portion of the second member all being held in the same vertical plane.

4. Aholdercomprisingincombination with an L-shaped member a, having a horizontal portion a and a vertical port-ion terminating in a hook, said horizontal portion a having integral loops or guides, of a U-shaped member composed of a flat portion b, and a round portion at right angles thereto, said round portion being bent at right angles to itself to form a wheel-receiving portion 19 parallel with the flat portion of the member said wheel-receivin g portion saidvertical portions and said flat portion of the second member all lying in the same vertical plane,said wheelreceiving portion terminating in a cup-shaped end adapted to fit over the threaded end of the Wagon-axle, for the purposes specified.-

WILLIAM TERRY.

Witnesses:

HARRY BARNES, JAMES FOX. 

